Arc lamp cabinet



Dec. 5, 1933. J. H. WAGENHORST 7 ARC LAMP CAB INET Filed NOV. 7, 1929 3Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 5, 1933- J. H. WAGENHORVST ARC LAMP CABINET FiledNov; '7, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 E is "u MWN H gwvento o Jamsfifiayenhoni1933. J. H. WAGENHORST 7 ARC LAMP CABINET Filed NOV. 7, 1929 3Sheets-Sheet 3 I VqIIIIIIIII'IIIIII/l Patented Dec. 5, 1933 UNITEDSTATES PArsNr critics 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in arc lamp mountings, andparticularly to cabinets for that type or" are lamp designed fortherapeutic use in hospitals, residences, and the like.

Primarily, the object of the invention is to provide a wall cabinet forsuch an arc lamp so that when the apparatus is not in use, it may betemporarily stored, so to speak, in a cabinet supported on or in a wallof the room in which the apparatus is generally used.

It is, of course, desirable that the apparatus and its cabinet occupy aslittle space as possible, especially where the apparatus is to beinstalled in bathrooms or" private residences. For this reason, afurther object of the invention is to provide a light but rigidstructure for swingably supporting the lamp in its cabinet, whereby itwill be firmly supported when swung out of the cabinet for use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certaindetails of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, allas will be hereinafter more fully described and the novel featuresparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a lamp wall cabinet installed in award or room of a hospital or the like;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet, with the door thereof openand the lamp positioned within the cabinet;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View through the cabinet, on the line3-3 of Fig. 2, the lamp 5 in its projected position being shown indotted lines;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail, perspective view of the lamp brackets in their openposition;

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view, illustrating a modified form ofmounting for the lamp casing; and

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view, through the upper portion of thecabinet of Fig. 6, the

lamp being shown at a point without the cabinet, in dotted lines.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

5 In the illustration of Figure 1, the cabinet 10 for the lamp ismounted on the wall of the room, the room, in this instance, being onein a hospital or Sanitarium, with beds 11 arranged at opposite sides ofthe cabinet, whereby two 5 patients may be treated at the same time byrays thrown toward opposite sides of the lamp. As the construction or"the lamp itself forms no part of the present invention, a detaileddescription thereof is unnecessary, and reference will be made topractically nothing but the cas- 6 ing 12 thereof and the reflectors 13,said reflectors being pivoted to the casing, whereby they may be opened,as shownin Figure l, or as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 7, orclosed when the lamp is replaced in its cabinet, as shown in Figs. 2, 3,6, and'7. Preferably, the cabinet 10 is made of steel with a lining ofasbestos board on its rear wall, and its front 14 being hinged to permitthe lamp to be moved in and out of the cabinet.

Inorder that the lamp may be withdrawn from its cabinet and turnedaround or about so as to position it at the point found to be mostadvantageous in the treatment of patients, the casing of the lamp ispivotally supported in a bracket which in turn is pivotally secured inarms pivotally mounted within the cabinet, the bracket being so arrangedthat it may be swung toa position between said arms, whereby the armsmay be of a length substantially correspending to the width of thecabinet, thus increasing the distance the lamp may be projected into theroom when in use. In the arrangement disclosed in Figures 1 to 5, thearms 15 preferably are pivotally mounted in hinges 16, attached to theback wall of the cabinet. These arms are connected together to lendrigidity thereto, and for this reason the arms and cross connection arepreferably in the form of a U-shaped bracket, that portion 17 of saidbracket connecting the arms 15 being journaled in the hinges 16. Thebracket is pivoted in one corner of the cabinet, and the arms are of alength substantially corresponding to the width of the cabinet. The lampcasing 12 is adapted to be supported or suspended from the freeextremities of arms 15, this preferably being accomplished by pivotallysecuring between said arms at the free ends thereof a reversely disposedU-shaped bracket 18 in the free ends of whose arms 19 the casing 12 ispivotally secured, as at 20. In this instance, the arms 19 terminatecentrally of casing12, but when arms 15 are swung out of the cabinet andarms 19 are likewise swung from between those arms, as shown in Figures1, 3, and 5, the lamp will be positioned an ample distance from the wallof the room to project its rays on patients occupying beds 11. Tofacilitate manipulation of the lamp supporting framework, the bottom of0 cabinet 10 is cut away as at 21 to accommodate the wire 24 forsupplying current to the lamp, and, within the cabinet, this wire isattached by clips 22 to arm 15 and arm 19 at the lower portion of thecabinet, so that this wire will swing out and in with the brackets orframe and not interfere with any of the movements thereof. This supplyline is shown as being plugged in a base board socket 23.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the cabinet 10 is setin a recess in the wall 25, so that the door 14 lies substantially flushwith the wall surface. the lamp may be projected into the room, a littlefurther than with the arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 5, the casing 12of the lamp is rigidly secured to a strap 26 whose ends are offsethorizontally at 27, and these offset ends are pivotally secured as at 28to the free ends of arms 19 of the bracket 18. As in the other form ofthe 'ivention, bracket 18 is pivotally mounted in arms 15, journaled inhinges 16 in the cabinet. As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7, thisarrangement increases the distance the lamp may be swung out into theroom and, at the same time, the lamp is supported with the same degree,if not more rigidity, than the arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 5. Inthis modified form of apparatus, the feed line 24 extends from thesocket 23 through the opening 21 in the bottom of the cabinet and isattached to the arms of the brackets by the clips 22.

What is claimed is:

However, in order that in the ,room, said supporting means comprising aU-shaped bracket having one horizontal arm closely overlying the top ofsaid casing and pivotally attached at its extremity thereto a secondhorizontal arm closely underlying the bottom of said casing andpivotally attached at its extremity thereto and a vertical portionjoining the inner ends of said arms, a second U-shaped bracket of suchsize that the first U-shaped bracket and said casing may be disposedwithin its confines, pivotal connections joining the inner ends of saidarms to the extremities of said second U-shaped bracket, and means forpivotally mounting the vertical portion of said second U-shaped bracketon the room wall, the said several brackets and said casing being soarticulated as to be collapsible with said casing flatly disposedagainst said wall.

JAMES H. WAGENHORST.

